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Savages by Don Winslow

nyxshadow's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5

http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2012/11/savages-don-winslow.html

sharptoe's review against another edition

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3.0

The last quarter of the book felt rushed and unbelievable. If you want the best, just read The Power of the Dog / The Cartel.

haleyrose's review against another edition

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3.0

Gripping, fast paced and sexy but like, also.....mad annoying sometimes. I will be reading the prequel though.

duckie7582's review against another edition

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3.0

I wasn't thrilled with the writing style. It felt like it was trying way too hard to be cool. As for the story itself, I liked it. I saw the movie and I have to say the ending of the book is better. The movie seemed to cut all the extraneous plots and streamlined everything so that it focused more on the action, which was nice, but I liked getting all the background info on the characters in the book.

remocpi's review against another edition

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4.0

Tras leer Broken, en el que el autor juega a la vez con todos los personajes de todas sus novelas, decidí investigar en los que me faltaban por conocer. Ben, Chon y O son el trío protagonista de otra de sus series, una banda de traficantes de marihuana muy peculiares que operan en el sur de California. Leyendo Salvajes descubro que el orden de lectura (empecé por el final) tal vez no sea el mejor, pero mira, es lo que hay y he disfrutado mucho la novela. Hay una "precuela" con la que ya me he metido. Estado civil: disfrutando como un cochino en el barro.

alex_kies's review against another edition

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3.0

It's a little overly-stylized, and there are sections that are a bit on the nose politically speaking. However, once the actions starts happening it really picks up. A very satisfying conclusion too.

melloves2read's review against another edition

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4.0

I went up to four from 3.5. The author is writing about very violent people and occurrences but it's almost poetic. Sparse and sometimes beautiful. I don't think this is for everyone but it was a fun, fast read and I enjoyed it.

mariya_g8's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

zzzrevel's review against another edition

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5.0

This is a re-read because I was on vacation and
wanted to guarantee I would read something
I (previously) loved.
Don Winslow cannot write a bad book -- or at
least I haven't read one I did not give at
least four stars to.
The prose in this one is a bit different but
I got used to it and I loved, loved, loved
the characters.
A bit disappointing in the ending but perhaps
there was no other way to end it.

jwmcoaching's review against another edition

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5.0

Great writing, great characters, great plot. I would call it a 21st Century Butch Cassidy crossed with Traffic combined with James Ellroy and some of the best pop culture humor this side of Nick Hornby thrown in for good measure.